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According to CryptoQuant, Bitcoin spot demand declined further yesterday (July 18), with selling pressure continuing from retail market participants. However, data shows inflows to long-term holder addresses are increasing, indicating portions of the sell-off are being absorbed by whale investors.

According to Japanese media outlets, Apple raised prices for iPhone models in Japan on July 17. The iPhone 17 Pro Max saw the steepest increase, climbing from ¥194,800 to ¥214,800, a 10.3% rise equivalent to approximately 20,000

According to Google Trends, XRP search interest plummeted to 9 on July 18, 2026, exactly one year after hitting an all-time high of 100 on July 18, 2025, marking a 91% collapse in retail attention. The token has fallen to $1.08 from its peak of $3.65, down over 60%, while market sentiment remains

According to NSPK CEO Dmitry Dubynin, Mir cards have captured 85% of Russia's payment market, while Visa and Mastercard cards are now "effectively absent" and provide no value to users, as they do not work abroad and offer no access to international loyalty programs.
Dubynin stressed that

According to the Israeli Defense Forces, earlier today the military fired an interception missile at a misidentified target in a southern Lebanon operational area. The incident did not trigger air raid sirens and there are no indications of a security event, the IDF said. The matter is under

According to CoinPost, Bitcoin Japan (TSE-listed, ticker 8105) recently completed approximately 9.657 billion yen ($64 million) in funding through unsecured convertible bonds and warrants issued to Cayman Islands-based investment fund EVO FUND. The company allocated 662 million yen (7% of total fund

According to SBS, on July 16, U.S. semiconductor stocks plummeted, with SK Hynix ADR falling 13.69%, alongside declines in Nvidia (-2.40%), Alphabet (-4.40%), Micron, and other chip-related equities. The selloff rippled across Asia on July 17: Japan's Nikkei 225 index dropped 4.03% to its

According to SlowMist, MistEye detected a malicious activity on July 18 targeting developers through fake Web3 job postings. Attackers impersonated recruiters on LinkedIn, built trust by discussing job experience, and sent a deceptive GitHub repository disguised as an "interview MVP." When developer

According to ChainCatcher data from Coinglass, Hyperliquid whales currently hold $5.451 billion in positions with a long-to-short ratio of 0.97. Long positions total $2.687 billion while short positions account for $2.764 billion. A major whale address shortened 3x leveraged ETH at $1,700.06, curren

According to public product statements and announcements as of July 16, major technology companies including Microsoft, AWS, Google, and Oracle are prioritizing digital asset ecosystem infrastructure over issuing their own stablecoins or tokens. Microsoft's Azure provides transaction, custody, and

This week, semiconductor stocks retreated while equal-weighted S&P 500 outperformed traditional market-cap-weighted indexes by over 1 percent, signaling a healthy market rotation rather than a broader selloff, according to market strategists. As chip stocks declined, energy, retail, banking, and tra

According to Saudi media Al-Hadath citing Lebanese sources, U.S. Central Command leadership is expected to visit Beirut next week to follow up on the implementation of a framework agreement.

According to Glassnode, Bitcoin's options put/call ratio has fallen to 0.59 as of July 18, marking a six-month low. The metric reflects reduced hedging activity as BTC holds near $64,000.

According to Korea Economic TV, inverse 2X ETF RISE 200 Futures recorded a 41.10% return for the month of June 17 to July 16, topping the ETF performance rankings. The product, which gained from the approximately one-month sharp decline in South Korea's domestic stock market, benefited from its

According to BlockBeats citing Fars News, Iran's environmental protection organization submitted an implementation plan today (July 18) for charging environmental service fees on vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz. Fees will be determined based on vessel type, cargo nature, passage

According to South Korea's stock exchange, the country's pension funds recorded net buying of 100.7 billion Korean won in the week of July 13-16, marking two consecutive weeks of net purchases after months of net selling. SK Hynix led buying activity with 141.2 billion won in purchases, followed

According to SodaBot's official X account, the platform announced a partnership with Wager Predict on July 16 to integrate AI-driven automation with non-custodial on-chain prediction infrastructure built on BNB Chain. The collaboration combines SodaBot's multi-agent artificial intelligence

According to Com Feed monitoring, the attacker behind the Trusted Volumes exploit has returned 1,122 ETH (~$2 million) while retaining approximately $2 million as a "bounty." The attacker originally stole roughly $5.8 million through the

According to Bank of America's FX trading team, the U.S. dollar is expected to continue strengthening in the second half of 2026, buoyed by three main factors: geopolitical tensions in the Middle East supporting high oil prices, strong capital flows driven by the AI boom attracting overseas

According to BlockBeats, on July 18, Trezor Chief Commercial Officer Danny Sanders responded to on-chain investigator ZachXBT's criticism that "all hardware wallets are garbage," arguing the assessment is overly one-sided. Sanders acknowledged that firmware updates can impact high-value